Talk:Crackles
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Crackles are no longer thought to result from fluid in the airways--rather, the explosive opening of small airways is the source of the crackling sounds. --Doctortomwiki 18:48, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
A recording of this sound would definitely add to this article. There is an external link to a sound file but a freely licensed clip would be best. Cburnett 15:50, 27 September 2007 (UTC) I believe done back in 2010
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The result of the move request was: page moved. Vegaswikian (talk) 19:16, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
Rales → Crackles — "Rales" is strongly discouraged, and is not used by the article itself. Mikael Häggström (talk) 05:13, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
I'm just wondering why the article is titled "Rales" when the article specifically states that it is infrequent (except in the United States), and its usage is strongly discouraged. The article does not even use "rales;" "crackles" is used over 10 times and "rales" is only used in the context of its disuse (outside of America) and its professional discouragement. I'll wait a few days; if anyone who knows more about the subject, please comment. Otherwise I'll nominate it for a move.
- Agree. Mikael Häggström (talk) 05:10, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
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Not used or explained in article. 86.159.197.174 (talk) 17:00, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
- crepitus refers to the sound made from bones rubbing against each other, notably after trauma.
- crepitus is not a lung sound 129.112.109.42 (talk) 18:16, 7 June 2025 (UTC)
- According to Merriam-Webster, crepitant means "having or making a crackling sound" with the example "crepitant sounds in breathing"[1]. Subcrepitant means "partially crepitant: faintly crepitant" with the example "subcrepitant rales"[2]. It does also define "crepitus" as "crepitation", which in turn is defined as "a grating or crackling sound or sensation (as that produced by the fractured ends of a bone moving against each other or as that in tissues affected with gas gangrene)" with the example "crepitation in the arthritic knee"[3]. See also Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Subcrepitant. - Station1 (talk) 01:05, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
Crackles seems to be uncommon in British medical usage. Is there another term in use? In ictu oculi (talk) 07:50, 19 September 2017 (UTC)